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EAPE 411: PLANNING AND ECONOMICS OF EDUCATION.

Assignment Questions

1a) Why was planning seen as panacea for the problems affecting
education sector in Third World countries after independence.

b) Giving relevant examples discuss the factors which impact


negatively on educational planning process in Third world Countries.

2. In traditional societies of Africa, most parents apply the cost-benefit


analysis in the allocation of household education funds to their
children-i.e. boys tend to be favoured,

i) Why is this phenomenon common in Africa?

ii) Propose the way forward for rectifying this anomaly

3. What is the relationship between education and:

a) Poverty

b) rural-urban migration

c) Unemployment

4. Discuss the impact of the recently introduced tuition free education


at the primary school level in Kenya today.

5. Suggest strategies of introducing income differential between


modern and traditional sector of employment. To what extent can the
strategies you have proposed help minimize the demand for education
beyond the literary level?

6.” Developing world education systems tend to hinder rather than


enhance social mobility among the poor”. Discuss this statement
drawing examples from Kenya.

7. “The academic nature of formal education is the main cause of


employment in Third World countries”. Discuss.

8. a). Discuss the controversies surrounding cost-sharing policy at the


secondary sub-sector of education in Kenya.
b). How can the cost-sharing policy be made an effective tool for
increasing access and completion rates at the secondary school level
in Kenya?

9. Using valid examples, discuss the relationship between education


and

i) health

ii) Demography

10 a). As an educational planner, discuss the factors you would


consider during the location of new learning institutions in your county.

b). What problems are likely to impact negatively on the discussion


you make in this aspect of planning.

11. Tution free primary education is currently experiencing problems


that need to be addressed by planners. Discuss the way forward for
addressing these problems.

12. To address the problem of poverty in third world countries


agreements have been advanced in favour of an educational system
which will enhance learners’ ability to participate effectively in the
development process.

13.Discuss the view that third world countries education systems are
inherently egalitarian. Propose the way forward for addressing this
anomaly in Kenya.

14. Why are social benefits of education comparatively lower in third


world countries? As an economist of education, discuss ways of
enhancing the social rate of return from investment in education in
these nations.

15. Write a seasoned essay on the view that education should be


financed by the government and private individuals in Kenya.

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